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| WORKSHOP 1
8:00 – 10:30AM, THURSDAY & FRIDAY JULY 2ND & 3RD 2015 |
| SMART by Design! Leadership Essentials for Virtual Mentorship
Facilitator: Dr. Penina Lam, CEO, eLearning Innovators, Inc.
Description: eMentoring presents opportunities to engage diverse employers and other stakeholders in preparing graduates by offering guidance that is relevant to enhancing student professional competencies, helping them develop confidence, and networking resources for a very competitive workplace. Virtual mentoring is not just about the technology but also people relationships and strategy. The foundations of eMentoring will be featured through a 5-phase SMART design model.
Initiating and developing eMentoring programs is not about creating more barriers. The speaker will show just how the technology that is already in place in most higher education institutions to support eLearning, can be used and repurposed to support eMentoring. While Learning Management Systems (LMS) are being embraced to support delivery of content, there is limited evidence that it’s being used for eMentoring. Higher education institutions and society at large are increasingly embracing mobile and Web-based learning and meeting technologies. As distance programs gain momentum, why are higher education institutions not using the same eLearning technologies and infrastructure already in place?
Given the statistics on employment for African youth, it’s clear that higher education institutions must clearly do more to enhance the employability of graduates and youth across the board. Technology has evolved rapidly and become more accessible in terms of costs and more adaptable allowing us to connect across borders with relative ease. As administrators look for solutions and tools to boost curriculum relevance, engage stakeholders, boost employability, and to participate in global knowledge transfer, eMentoring holds a lot of promise. The audience of administrators will be able to acquire an understanding of the SMART Design and acquire leadership tools that they can use jump start their own eMentoring initiatives.
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| WORKSHOP 2
8:00 – 10:30AM, THURSDAY & FRIDAY JULY 2ND & 3RD 2015 |
| Introduction to MicroLearning and Mobile Learning
Facilitator: Gregor Cholewa, Head of Mobile Knowledge Lab, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Research Studios Austria – Studio for MicroLearning and Information Environments and CTO at KnowledgeFox (Vienna, Austria)
Description: The hands on workshop addresses teachers, trainers and administrators who want to support the knowledge buildup of students using smart phones, tablets and other mobile devices. It will start with the key terms, principles and benefits of mobile learning and will then show how universities in Europe and the US are using mobiles in blended learning and distance learning scenarios. Participants will gain hands on experience from a learner, teacher and administrator perspective. Attendees who bring a script or presentation as source material will be able to create their first lesson and learning cards and to test them on their own device. Therefore participants should bring their own smart phone AND laptop computer or tablet if possible. The workshop will end with a discussion on success criteria for the implementation of mobile learning in large organizations and the experiences from Danube University Krems, Comenius University, University of Delft, from publishing houses and corporations such as Samsung, the Austrian railway corp. or Credit Suisse.
This workshop is being offered in English only. Due to the interactive nature of the workshop, it can only hold 16 people per session. |
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Breakout Sessions |
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| SESSION ONE: ODEL SYSTEMS & THEORIES
2:30PM – 4:00PM, THURSDAY JULY 2ND 2015
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| Subtheme: Access, equity, and ethics |
The role of ICT in creating access to education: A case study of Digital Divide Data (DDD) (practice)
Presenter: Carmen Wamukoya
Institution: Digital Divide Data (DDD), KENYA |
| Voices from the distance: Communicating the experience of remote education (research, virtual presentation)
Presenter: Jillian Marchant
James Cook University, AUSTRALIA |
| Open licensing digital storytelling for multilingual literacy development: Implications for teachers (practice).
Presenter: Dorcas N. Wepukhulu
South African Institute for Distance Education (SAIDE), SOUTH AFRICA |
| Formation à distance et genre: les solutions du problème de déficit de professeurs de mathématiques au Sénégal (research).
Presenter: Julie Affoue KandaMinistère de L’éducation National, SENEGAL |
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| SESSION TWO: MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION & TECHNOLOGY
2:30 – 4:00PM, THURSDAY JULY 2ND 2015
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| Subtheme: Innovation and change |
The Case For VLE in Life-long Learning, Capacity Building and Poverty Reduction (research).
Presenter: Najim Ussiph
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, GHANA |
| The iterative engagement between curation and evaluation in an open research project: A utilization-focused approach (practice).
Presenter: Sarah Goodier
University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA |
| Empirical-based analytical insights on the position, challenges and potential for promoting OER in ODeL institutions in Africa (research).
Presenter:Cornelia K. Muganda
The Open University of Tanzania, TANZANIA |
| Quelles innovations dans les stratégies d’amélioration du double tutorat dans la formation a distance des enseignants du secondaire: cas du Sénégal (research).
Presenter: Mamadou Sarr
Université Cheikh Anta Diop, SENEGAL |
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| SESSION THREE: MANAGEMENT, ORGANIZATION & TECHNOLOGY
12:00 -1:30PM, FRIDAY JULY 3RD 2015
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| Subtheme: Educational technology |
Use of cloud computing systems in education: The lived experiences of faculty members in tertiary institutions (research).
Presenter: Joseph Kwame Adjei,
Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), GHANA |
| Use of electronic mobile devices in teaching and learning in higher education in Kenya: An emerging pedagogy (research).
Presenter: Anne A. Aseey
University of Nairobi, KENYA |
| Scolarisation des technologies mobiles en milieu universitaire africain: cas des universités camerounaises (research).
Presenter: Janvier Fotsing
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| Mobile learning and emerging technologies in higher education in Africa
Presenter: Dick Ngambi
University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA |
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| SESSION FOUR: TEACHING & LEARNING
12:00 -1:30PM, FRIDAY JULY 3RD 2015
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| Subtheme: Instructional or learning design |
Developing multimedia enhanced content to upgrade subject content knowledge of secondary school teachers in Tanzania (research/practice).
Presenter: Joel S. Mtebe
University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania & Tanzania Institute of Education, TANZANIA |
| Subtheme: Interaction and communication in learning communities |
Networked learning interactions in the e/merge Africa network (practice).
Presenter: Tony Carr
University of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA |
| Pratiques collaboratives en ligne: Incidences sur le renforcement des competences professionnelles «Expérimentation auprès de professeurs de lycées de Madagascar» (practice)
Presenter: Jean Claude Omer Andrianarimanana
L’Ecole Normale Supérieure d’Antananarivo, MADAGASCAR |
| Subtheme: Learner characteristics |
Análise das perceções, preocupações e satisfação dos estudantes e docentes no contexto de uma experiência de formação de professores on-line na Uni-CV (research)
Presenter: Inocêncio Soares Luisa
Universidade de Cabo Verde, CAPE VERDE |
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